Briiiton.] ■^•■'^ [Oct. 6, 



related to the noun auaJ^ planting, and the verb xaualirjhon^ to 

 plant. In Zotzil ololak'' is to produce, to bring forth. 



7. Ulol. — See the preceding name. 



8. Oquinajual. — Probabl}' " the planting time," from aual^ 

 planting, and qtnn, time, da}', season. 



9. Veh or ueh. — Pineda's note here is : " In this month the 

 plants are attacked by diseases.'' The name is plainl}^ from the 

 verb uehel, applied to the premature falling of leaves and fruits 

 (caerse la semilla y granos y las hojas de los arboles, Lara, Vo- 

 cahulario). 



10. Elech. — Pineda remarks, " the healthy winds ari'ive." The 

 name is a compound of ochel, west, and ihc, wind, these being 

 dry and salubrious, 



11. Nichquin. — This name, observes Pineda, "indicates the 

 flowering season." It is the Tzental word nichim, flowers, 

 Irom xnich, to flower, and quin, da}-, season. 



12. Sban viniquil. — The word viuiqnil^ vinquilel, or vinaquin 

 means time, period or season. This and the three following 

 months, called respectively the first, second, third and fourth 

 seasons, are understood by Pineda to refer to the four periods of 

 the growth of the maize, the first that of fecundation, the second 

 of the formation of the grain, the third when it is in milk, the 

 fourth when the grain hardens. This seems an error, as it does not 

 require in that latitude eighty days for these changes after the 

 fecundation of the ear. No doubt it refers to the ripening of 

 the various plantings, and so the expressions are understood by 

 Lara : " ox vinaquin ixim^ mais que se hace en 60 dias." 



13. Xchihdl viniquil. — " Second season." See above. 



14. Yoxihal viniquil. — " Third season." See above. 



15. Xclianhal viniquil. — " Fourth season." See above. 



16. Poin. — " In this month," observes Pineda, " the beehives 

 should be emptied and the harvests gathered." 



